The men, whose identities were not immediately available, will face charges, he said.

Sunday night, a man was shot in the chest just more than a quarter of a mile away, on the 4700 block of Monongahela Street. Lt. Campbell said the situations "may or may not" be connected.

"My take on it is that if they had more things for people to do with their idle time, as far as jobs, as far as recreation, it wouldn't be violent out here like this," said 45-year Hazelwood resident Saundra Cole McKamey, who runs a Hazelwood nonprofit, People of Origin Rightfully Loved and Wanted, or POORLAW.